The South-Sea House, 3
Oxford in the Vacation, 12
Christ's Hospital Five and Thirty Years Ago, 20
The Two Races of Men, 34
New Year's Eve, 40
Mrs.Battle's Opinions on Whist, 48
A Chapter on Ears, 55
All Fools' Day, 61
A Quakers' Meeting, 65
The Old and the New Schoolmaster, 71
Imperfect Sympathies, 80
Witches, and other Night Fears, 89
Valentine's Day, 96
My Relations, 100
Mackery End, in Hertfordshire, 107
My First Play, 112
Modern Gallantry, 117
The Old Benchers of the Inner Temple, 132
Grace Before Meat, 134
Dream Children; A Reverie, 142
Distant Correspondents, 146
The Praise of Chimney-Sweepers, 152
A Complaint of the Decay of Beggars, in the Metro-polis, 160
A Dissertation upon Roast Pig, 169
A Bachelor's Complaint of the Behaviour of MarriedPeople, 177
On Some of the Old Actors, 184
On the Artificial Comedy of the Last Century, 197
On the Acting of Munden, 206
NOTES, 209
INDEX, 371